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Loyalsock Creek in Pennsylvania

River60.0 mi
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Around Loyalsock Creek

Angel Falls9.4 miDry Run Falls10.5 mi10 mi

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Source: USGS GNIS · Public land: USGS PAD-US

About this river

Loyalsock Creek is a 60.0 mile river. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Loyalsock Creek at Loyalsockville, PA (site 01552000). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 6. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.

Typical flow by month

1926 to 2026

Loyalsock Creek typically runs highest in April, at a median 1,085 cfs, and lowest in September, at 118 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 49,000 cfs, in 2011.

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Typical flow by month at Loyalsock Creek at Loyalsockville, PA, in cfs
MonthTypical (cfs)Usual range (cfs)
January521279 to 935
February453270 to 868
March996612 to 1,620
April1,085712 to 1,765
May690410 to 1,150
June271187 to 509
July16288 to 332
August12460 to 284
September11857 to 294
October20288 to 522
November493273 to 917
December610343 to 1,080

Typical is the median of each month’s daily median values, and the usual range runs from the median 25th to the median 75th percentile, across about 100 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Loyalsock Creek at Loyalsockville, PA (site 01552000). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.

Boat access nearby

3 mapped launches sit in the mapped area of Loyalsock Creek, all of them public access. Ramp data comes from the USGS national boat-ramp inventory.

  • Ricketts Glen State Park - Visitor CenterLake JeanPublic
  • Hunters LakeHunters LakePublic
  • Sones PondSones PondPublic

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